Odor localization and sniffing

Chemical Senses

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-144

  Frasnelli, Johannes ^a,b,c   Charbonneau, Genevieve ^b   Collignon, Olivier ^b   Lepore, Franco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Directional smelling; Lateralization; Olfaction; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SNIFFING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYCLOHEXANOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONOTERPENES; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; SMELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349097218     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjn068     Document Type: Article

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